Improvement in railway dumping-cars



A. WELSCH.

Dumping Car.

Patented Sept. 29, 1863..

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ANTONY VELSCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY DUMPING-CAPLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 10, H311, datedSeptember 29, 1863.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANTONY WELsoH, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in RailwayDumpingars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in Which- Figure 1 is a ground plan; Fig'. 2, a sideView; Fig. 3, a front view, and Fig. 4 a front View with box lifted up.

The nature 0f my improvement consists in the bending of a shaft forfriction-rollers, so that it is used to brace the frame above, and actas bearings for dumpingbox, and also bearing for rollers, so that thecar can be. used for dumping at either sides or ends, and

. when not in use for dumping-car the box above can be removed and carused as a platformcar. t

To enable others skilled in the art to make and to use my improvement, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct the platform B and wheels A A A A in the usual Way, thesocket C in center to receive center-bolt, and four rings, D D D D, atequidistant spaces, for hitching chain of dumping box on upper surfaceof platform.

E E E are frictionrollers, which carry shaft F and frame G, which last,by the connection of bearings H H from dumping-box J above, V

which rests on the endsvof shaft below, rendering the box easily dumpedat. any desired point, and making,- it a universal `dumper. The box Jand frame for saine are made in the usual way, with the exception ofbearings for shaft and bracing-timbers. The car is also built low, thusdoing` away with thetop Weight in running, and is easier to load andunload.

lhat I claim as my invenlion,in the ccnstruction of dunn'iing-cars, is-

The bearings H II, revolving,` on the eud of a bent shaft that forms theaxle for the frictionrollers E E, as and for the purposes hereindescribed and set forth.

ANTONY WELSGH.

' Witnesses: Y W. A. HENDRIS, JAMES M. LOGAN.

